Category Archives: Owen Sound News

Bruce County taxpayers spent $317,000 on salaries and expenses of county councillors last year. Warden Chris Peabody was paid the most -- over $52,000 in 2023 -- and billed more than $14,000 in expens...

Grey Bruce is seeing a high volume of job vacancies, as the Four County Labour Market Planning Board releases its annual report. Last month, the board released its annual Local Labour Market Plan (LLM...

The Owen Sound River District has received recognition for two local events at the Festival and Events Ontario Awards. The awards were received at a ceremony in Niagara Falls on February 28th. The Riv...

A Flesherton resident is among a group of coworkers who have won the lottery. A release from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) says a group of six people won $100,000 [CLIP]laying Encor...

Grey Bruce OPP say a stolen car from Toronto has been found in Owen Sound. Police say on March 1, a 48-year-old man from Thunder Bay was arrested and charged after a vehicle was stolen from Toronto. T...

Hanover police attempted to stop a vehicle on the weekend that they say fled. Police Chief Chris Knoll says in a post on social media, during the attempted stop, the suspect driver turned down a dead-...

The purchase of a new Wiarton Willie mascot suit is up for discussion on South Bruce Peninsula's council agenda Tuesday. A staff recommendation to council says there is $10,000 earmarked for a mascot ...

Bruce County is going to consider joining the Southwestern Ontario Isotope Coalition this week. Council will be hearing from Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council Chair James Scongack, as staff recommend t...

An effort to give downtown Chesley a boost is getting underway. Arran-Elderslie council unanimously approved a motion last week from Councillor Darryl Hampton to create a Chesley Community Working Gro...

The province's Special Investigations Unit has closed a probe into a collision in Saugeen Shores and cleared police of any wrongdoing. The SIU says on Nov. 2, 2023, a Saugeen Shores Police officer att...